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ACMAT Bastion

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Armoured personnel carrier

ACMAT Bastion

Wheeled armoured personnel carrier of the army’s convoy and intervention units — protection against the war’s defining threat, the roadside bomb.

FieldedEvidence: Documented
Silhouette · not to scale

Record

FamilyBastion
VariantsBastion APC
OriginFrance
Era2010s deliveries via partner programmes
Appears inMali

Conflict relevance

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Mali · Force Atlas

Operators

Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) · Primary operator

Battlefield role

Troop transport and convoy protection on IED-threatened roads; the vehicle class on which corridor security depends.

Strengths

Mine-resistant hull geometry for its class; suited to long road moves.

Limitations

Protection is against blast and small arms, not the massed heavy weapons of 2026-style assaults; numbers never sufficient for the convoy demand.

Visual identification

High boxy hull on a 4x4 truck chassis, angled lower plates, roof hatches.

Documented conflict use

Widely documented in army convoys and garrison reliefs across the central and northern campaigns; losses to IEDs and ambushes photographed throughout the war.

Branch & service operators

FullConfidence: moderateStatus as of 2026-06Reviewed 2026-07-15Sources: Established international media reporting · ACLED conflict data & analysisMethodology